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Chris banged out all of the main outline on the bottom half of my sleeve. Under 2 hrs and it looks great. He may post a pic, ill try to get a shitty cell phone pic up if not. Oni head, snake, maple leaves...simple and bold. Stoked.

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Chris banged out all of the main outline on the bottom half of my sleeve. Under 2 hrs and it looks great. He may post a pic, ill try to get a shitty cell phone pic up if not. Oni head, snake, maple leaves...simple and bold. Stoked.

Just a goal. Doesn't have to be set in stone you know? Get the big stuff done, save some space for fun one-pointers!

There's a reason I'm married to a tattooer.
I can get whatever the fuck I wanted tattooed on me, and he's not gonna blink an eye, and vice versa.
I can't believe there's chicks who get jealous of a tattoo of a lady. That's just.... stupid? I don't know, seems super insecure to me. It's a fucking tattoo. It's not a person. I don't get it. My dude had his ex's initial tattooed (S) and just turned it into a dollar sign. I don't give one tiny shit about it either and never have. He's got lots of lady heads too. I'm 100% sure he wouldn't care if I got a man pin up either. I mean, my dude got a huge rib piece that features a blonde girl with huge tits and short shorts riding a wolf's tongue. In case you don't know, I'm brunette, no big fake tits, and I never ever wear short shorts. Do I care? No. Does it mean he secretly wants to fuck blonde chicks with huge tits? No. Does it mean that the tattooer made an awesome tattoo and gave the girl blonde hair because it worked better with the tattoo? Yes.
Sorry for the mini rant but, if you don't like tattoos or people with 'too many' tattoos, don't get involved with a someone who has one cause there's a good chance it'll turn into more.
OR
Date whoever makes you feel good and not give a shit about their tattoos cause it really doesn't matter.

Same idea....same time frame. I want to buy a house and have a kid around 35 so Id like to get most of it done but leave areas to work on my body cause I still love getting tattooed. I figured we were around the same age.

Just had this done by Mario at Frith Street.

Chris O Donnell today....more work with Thomas Friday. I know Im computer illiterate but ill try to post some pictures even if its once i get back from the 8hr megabus ride (ughhh)

Chris O Donnell today....more work with Thomas Friday. I know Im computer illiterate but ill try to post some pictures even if its once i get back from the 8hr megabus ride (ughhh)

Chris O Donnell today....more work with Thomas Friday. I know Im computer illiterate but ill try to post some pictures even if its once i get back from the 8hr megabus ride (ughhh)

ok boys, i'll you mine if you show me yours. (sorry for the shitty webcam shot.)

andrew conner. Andrew Conner | Artist

Fresh and bleedy
Spencer Reisbeck did these tonight.

One of the things I dig about Bink's work is that it's simple. It's designed to look that way when you're 80. He's not going over every line five times, putting in details that won't hold. Just cuts to the core of the image, filters it through his aesthetic and knocks it out. They're certainly not for everyone, and I hold no ill will to people who don't dig it. But for me- that bold, simple folk style tattooing? No one working does it like he does. (thankfully, they all do it like they do, which is great, too!)

i cant believe of all the stuff that passes without comment frickin' RR is the work thats controversial whats this world coming to

I dig what you're saying- the lines are a little loose here and there. I was talking to a tattooer about it and we agreed that he does POWER tattoos- the images themselves, use of color and even those little imperfections add to the overall tattoo in an artistic way. Thom Devita has that same vibe and when you see it, it comes through true.

@chrisnoluck, something that you have to keep in mind is that tattoos are hand-made and so many variables are put into play. some of the best tattooers, robert ryan included, understand and embrace it. if you want something "perfect" then get a robot to tattoo you, but don't forget to never let yourself get old, to wrinkle, to fade. i fully understand what you're saying, but i personally love seeing the human element in my work.

Ok, I'm late to the party again, but I'm gonna drag up the Guns vs Machines thing again...
It doesn't fucking matter. I used to think it marked a difference between 'them' and 'us' but then I learned it's regional too. So I dropped it.
Many older English (or maybe even from elsewhere in the British Isles) tattooers used to call their machines 'guns'. Many still do. It doesn't mean they can't tattoo. That's guys we'd consider 'Old School' or 'Traditional'. Yeah, maybe their equipment didn't shoot anything, maybe they were using equipment with electromagnetic motors rather than a doorbell circuit with just regular coils, but that's what they got called by working professionals. 'Guns'.
Get over it.
Stop getting high and mighty because you heard some 'insider' terminology at the Tat Spot or the Tattoo Parlour or the upscale Dermagraphic Adornment Boutique, or maybe you read it on the internet. I guess you can be the authority on tattoo terminology now. Good for you.
I'm gonna keep slingin' ink on my bitchin' clients with my tatty-zap guns and also I'll be tattooing my regular customers as per usual. They way I say it shouldn't be of much concern.
Recently I've heard so many time-wasting, lazy-ass, no-talent-goons tell me how much they 'Respect the Craft', 'Honour Tradition' & put their 'Heart and Soul' into their half-assed doodles while asking for an apprenticeship/job/critique/applause/handout/validation, that the terminology has become meaningless.
The end result of the effort should be by what measure they, we and I'm, held accountable.
Sorry to be so Off Topic.

It looks like Hardy Marks is going to put out a 30th Anniversary printing of all of these later this year. It should make a nice Christmas gift to myself.

Went in for outlines. Came out happy.
You get more than a tattoo from Robert Ryan, that's for sure.

God I remember being a young metal head in the 90ds and thinking all I wanted was Paul Booth tattoos....so fucking glad I was broke! I dont hate them but 30 year old me does not want them on my body.

God I remember being a young metal head in the 90ds and thinking all I wanted was Paul Booth tattoos....so fucking glad I was broke! I dont hate them but 30 year old me does not want them on my body.

Did you guys see that tattoo Paul Booth did of the demon with the maggots?
Yeah.
Me too.

Thomas Hooper. Zac Scheinbaum at Saved.
Trocchio for sure. John Reardon. Seth Wood. Eli Quinters. Big Steve at FunCity. Maybe even Albrigo.
Any of these guys would do awesome, non-hokey satanic/heavy shit in black & grey.

I can see why....ron wells rules.

Hadn't seen a thread for this?.. saw the page yesterday on facebook, can't wait to see it - https://www.facebook.com/TattooNationMovie
"New Feature Documentary Film, Coming October 2012
Tattoos used to be a sign of rebellion. A middle finger salute to the rest of the world. Outlaw bikers got tattoos. Sailors on leave in Singapore got tattoos. Lifers in the joint got tattoos.
Now, your mother’s got a butterfly on her ankle and your kid’s sporting a tramp stamp. What happened? How did tattoos go from the renegade, readymade, carney cartoons inked as fast as possible to the art form they’ve become today?
That transformation is the subject of the new documentary film, TATTOO NATION.
TATTOO NATION tells how a few incarcerated but very talented Chicano artists changed the world of ink forever. It follows three tattoo pioneers, Charlie Cartwright, Jack Rudy and Freddy Negrete, and shows how a new, fine line style using detail and shading to achieve a remarkable realism revolutionized the world of ink.
In 1975, Cartwright and Rudy boldly opened the first tattoo parlor in the heart of East LA’s Chicano community. They hired a recently paroled teenager who, while in jail, unknowingly established iconic images that spoke to an entire generation of Chicanos.
Freddy Negrete became the first professional Chicano artist employed by a mainstream tattoo parlor - a tattoo parlor that was embraced as a new vehicle for self-expression by the Chicano community in East Los Angeles.
For the first time, these legendary figures tell their stories in a feature-length documentary film. Included are other important figures such as David Oropeza and “Chuco” Caballero, winners of many prestigious tattoo competitions.
Their victories brought international recognition to the uniquely American approach known as “Black & Grey”. The world of tattoo, and the way we regard tattoo, was forever changed."